“Diluted, denumeralised, gender degenerated”

Activities about the exhibition "Ensayos sobre lo cutre. Lecturas del Archivo [Essays on Seediness. Readings from the archive]" Miguel Benlloch

Workshops

The forms could be but, for the living, it would be better if they did, as is the case when, regarding Miguel Benlloch, the shabby form makes the arch-apprehended unreadable: proposing possibilities that degenerate assigned forms of beauty, body, sensuality, discourse, position, or even gender.

Benlloch’s subtlety in leaving qualities of being and transforming them into actions, points to a repertoire of actions that cannot be systematically catalogued or replicated, but in which we can appreciate a drive towards living and the consistent effort to take time.

These activities begin with the performer’s writing and listening to the music to which he danced, and will continue by looking at his bodily gestures in the exhibition hall and going out for a walk in the city following a past that embraces him. We endorse his insistence not to work in isolation: embodying the grammatical subject that he named as “otrosyyo”, we invite you to read his archive.

Activities under the care of Alejandro Simón, co-curator of the exhibition.

PROGRAMME

  • FRIDAY 14th at 6pm AND SATURDAY 15th at 12 noon IN JANUARY
    “Mal de eww”, with tacoderaya (Paula Pérez-Rodríguez & Jonás de Murias)

“Mal de eww” is a verbal remix and textual genesis workshop based on the manipulation of voice, utterances, and social roles.
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  • THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY FROM 4 PM TO 8:30 PM
    “Sin título (vuelta al asombro…)” [Untitled (back to amazement …)]
    workshop-activation-performance by Diego del Pozo Barriuso

“Sin título (vuelta al asombro…) [Untitled (back to amazement …)]” takes us on a journey through different aspects of the work, actions, and life of Miguel Benlloch. For this purpose, a small booklet has been created, which will be used by those who participate in the workshop with a series of “artistic scores”.
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  • SATURDAY 29 JANUARY FROM 12 PM TO 2 PM
    Transmaricabibollo route through the Valencia General Cemetery, with Piro Subrat
    On this route we will visit the General Cemetery of Valencia (C/ Santo Domingo de Guzmán 27) visiting the tombs of sexual and gender dissidents who have been relevant in local and state history.
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Miguel Benlloch

11 nov. 2021 – 01 may. 2022
ExhibitionLibraryIVAM Centre Julio González